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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Nothing but praise from the Health Minister concerning the new 8-1-1- telecare service.
The Province announced the new set-up earlier this week and Mary Schryer tells CHSJ News, they will keep both lines active for 3 maybe 4 months while people make the transistion.
Every year in the Province, close to 65,000 people use telecare with the main goal to cut back on the amount of visits to emergency rooms.

This is the sixth increase since October 2006, when minimum wage was $6.70 per hour. More increases are on the way as will with a 50 cent raise going into effect on September.1st, another 50 cents a year from today and yet another 50 cents on September 1st of next year.

That means minimum wage in this Province by Labour Day of next year will stand at an even ten dollars an hour. With today's increase, someone working 40 hours a week will earn a minimum of $340 per week.

Bob Munroe, who has been principal at the school for the past 20 years, is stepping down at the end of this school season. Munroe tells CHSJ News, his teaching career actually spans 35 years, three provinces and many stops along the way.

Munroe says he hasn't heard yet on whether there will be a going away party but he very shy about those things.

An urban nightmare........That's how Common Councillor Peter McGuire describes the old D-V-A property across from Olsens where a housing development was started a few years ago but then abandoned. McGuire says he is anxiously awaiting a report from city staff on what can be done to turn this eyesore around. McGuire warns the first thing retailers, who are thinking of setting up shop along Fairville Boulevard, ask about is new housing development.McGuire says the potential for vibrant residential housing is being lost and that also means the city is also losing out on alot of property tax revenue. McGuire goes on to say it's just wrong for a developer to just walk away.

There's a section of Loch Lomand Road between the Airport and Hickey Road where the speed limit drops from 70 kilometers an hour down to 50 and then back up to 70 again. It is described as an accident waiting to happen. The residents who live along there say drivers get impatient and pass one another on a solid line creating a dangerous situation. Common Councillor Bruce Court says he has been passed himself more than once and as recently as last weekend.Court says now that the school is closed, the speed limit should be 70 kilometers an hour the entire way.